Autor: Thorsten Westermann

Digitalization is a strategic core issue that has to be anchored in the strategy of every company. The challenge in this context is that there is no uniform pattern for the digital transformation of a company. Instead, each company has to develop its own company-specific plan how it will position itself in the context of digitalization. Furthermore, the development of an individual digitalization strategy is required. The following article presents a planning approach for the development of such a digitalization strategy, based on three major steps.

The performance of assistance systems, especially in the automotive sector, has become an unique selling point. The trend toward Autonomous driving represents the expected impact of innovation resulting from the exploitation of the latest technologies. Besides autonomous driving, other areas of application for autonomous systems could trigger social change - the prime example being industrial production. The following article presents a planning approach tailored to the complex engineering task of planning and designing autonomous systems for industrial applications.